View source for USB Flash Drive Formats

You can [[Partition and Format a USB Flash Drive with Linux]], Macintosh OSX, and Microsoft Windows among other operating systems, as we have mentioned the three most popular.  The [[USB Flash Drive]], or Pen Drive is a type of [[Solid State Removable Storage]].  Often Windows users consider [[NTFS or exFAT on Flash Drive]] while Mac and Linux users consider other formats.  

== Operating System Considerations ==

== Partition Table ==
===msdos===
Typically we use the MS-DOS partition table when we intend on using common Windows and Linux file system types including FAT32 and EXT4.
===mac===
===gpt===
The GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for (UEFI) standard systems that need this area for the setup data.

== Partiton Type ==

== Format Type ==
Not all format types are discussed as there are many.  Here are some of the most common, popular, and compatible types we will discuss.
=== Ext3===
=== Ext4===
=== FAT16===
=== FAT32===
=== exFAT===
=== NTFS===

== Related ==
* A flash drive is a type of [[Solid State Removable Storage]].
* [[Bootable USB flash drive utilities]] allows you to make the flash drive bootable.  More on [[Creating bootable USB Flash Drive]].
* Should you use [[NTFS or exFAT on Flash Drive]]?
* [[Partition and Format a USB Flash Drive with Linux]]
* [[Ubuntu Installation from a Flash Drive]].
* [[USB Device Diagnostics in Linux]]
* [[NTFS or exFAT on Flash Drive]] talks about exFAT, NTFS, FAT32 compatibility.


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